Summary:
There is one high school in the Red Lake County Central Public School district: Red Lake County Central High School in Oklee, Minnesota, serving grades 7–12 with 153 students. The district is ranked 185th of 458 in Minnesota (60th percentile, 3 stars), while the school’s recent ranking is stronger: 52nd of 473 in 2025–2026 (89th percentile, 4 stars). Its state rank has improved from 164th of 480 in 2023–2024 to 104th of 450 in 2024–2025 and then 52nd of 473 in 2025–2026.
Parents will see highly uneven results by grade and subject. Strengths include 11th-grade Math at 53.3% proficient vs. state 35.3%, 10th-grade Reading at 60.9% vs. state 42.5%, and Science End of Course at 39.1% vs. state 35.0%. Weak spots include 7th-grade Math at 18.2% vs. state 40.3%, 8th-grade Math at 22.7% vs. state 42.3%, 8th-grade Reading at 36.4% vs. state 50.0%, and 8th-grade Science at 4.5% vs. state 16.7%. All-grade results in 2025–2026 were below state in Math (27.1% vs. 44.9%), Reading (43.6% vs. 48.6%), and Science (22.2% vs. 25.5%).
The school’s graduation rate is 84.6%, nearly identical to the state’s 84.9%, but its dropout rate is 11.5% vs. state 4.2%. Reading improved slightly year over year (41.79% to 43.6%), while Math fell from 40.24% to 27.1% and Science fell from 29.55% to 22.2%. With only 153 students, small cohorts can cause large swings, so trends matter more than single-year numbers. The student-teacher ratio is favorable at 11:1, and free/reduced lunch is 33.33%.
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